For cash-strapped Arabs, little cheer during Eid

From AP: This year, they are a carefully wrapped prize tucked under Zeinab Mansour’s arm in an embarrassing reminder of the meat that her family cannot afford much of during this Eid al-Adha, one of Islam’s most important holidays.

“One of (the bones) has a few small chunks of meat. It’ll be good for soup, and to flavor the fatta,” says Mansour, a 32-year-old mother of three, referring to a traditional Eid dish of rice, bread and meat. But the bones, supplemented with a pound of fatty meat she also picked up, are a meager substitute this year….. Full Article: Source